Activating teenage participants in the summer country camp and providing them with cross-cultural learning experience. The volunteers will do it through informal methods of teaching and working in small group techniques. Among the activities to be held by the team of volunteers are playing games and music popular in the countries the volunteers represent; drama and sports; preparing festivals and disco parties, intellectual and social games, common discussions, handicrafts; leading and supporting teens in their work on the team projects within the discussed themes of the camp etc.; preparing and leading the teen teams presentations on the countries the camp participants and volunteers are from. Each day of the camp will have a country presentation, a subject to learn or discuss and a related activity, and finally party in the evening. Volunteers together with a local project coordinator are responsible for the day activities in the camp. The work can be pretty hard, involving long working hours, requiring high commitment and responsibility for the camp program and the young participants. Before the camp activities start there is a short training in Down-Town camp methodology and preparation, which takes place in Tallinn. Most of local kids in the camp are Russian-speaking youngsters from the minority groups of Estonia. Besides local youth, 10 kids from abroad are expected to join this camp making total number of teens about 30.
Accomodation & food:
During first day in Tallinn volunteers will stay in the furnished apartments in the Mustamae residential area, 15 min by trolley-bus to the city centre. Tickets will be provided. During days in the country volunteers will stay in the shared rooms for 2-4 persons of the same camp house as the teens one. Toilets and showers are of common use. You do NOT need a sleeping bag, but please bring your own towels. All meals are provided in the camp house s canteen. More information about the camp site and accommodation conditions is on www.veldemani.ee
Location & leisure:
Vaibla kyla near Viljandi www.veldemani.eeLeisure time:Leisure timeThere are a lot of possibilities for leisure time activities: swimming, hiking, sports, fishing, etc. Excursions to Viljandi and Tartu are foreseen.
Requirements:
You have to be really motivated to work with kids. Experience in work with children is an advantage. Your ideas and actual preparation to do the activities for teens are essential. We ask you to bring some materials: postcards, posters, symbols of your country, music or popular national games etc typical for your country which can be used during your country presentation. Also it will be great if you can bring any traditional food to present during intercultural evenings. We expect active volunteers with a good knowledge of history and culture of their country as well as with an ability and wish to present it to others in a creative way. A good level of English is required. Please add a motivation letter.
Age:
18-99
Location:
Viljandi
Language(s):
English
Airport:
TLL: Tallinn (Tallinn-ulemiste International, Estonia)
Activating kids and teenagers, providing cross-cultural learning experience for them as well as French language environment. It will be done through the games, drama, sport activities, excursions, discussions, etc. Volunteers along with local coordinators will be responsible for the whole program of the camp. The work can be pretty hard, involving long working hours some days, requiring high commitment and responsibility for the camp program.There will be two shifts during the period of camp. The first one will involve kids aged 8-10, the second one i teenagers aged 11-13. There is going to be around 40 participants in each shift. In addition to teachers there will be local young volunteer assistants in the camp.
Accomodation & food:
Camp has two buildings with 2-5 bedded rooms. Volunteers will have their one room. Beds are provided, but please bring your sleeping bag. Toilets, showers and sauna are available. There is a hall for performances, open air stage, swimming pool, sport facilities for ball games, table tennis, bicycles, etc. Volunteers and participants will have their meals in the local cafe.
Location & leisure:
Camp takes place in Pariisi village, about 100 km from Tallinn the capital of Estonia. Nearest towns are Rakvere (20km) and Tapa (15km). The picturesque area around the camp with many hills, streams, rivers and lakes is very suitable for hikes and bicycle tours. Famous Lahemaa National Park is about 20 km from the camp. More information on www.visitestonia.com , www.lahemaa.ee, www.rakvere.ee Leisure timeThere are a lot of possibilities for leisure time activities: swimming, hiking, sports, etc. Excursions to Lahemaa National Park and Rakvere are foreseen.
Requirements:
Special requirementsThe minimum age of volunteers is 19. Good level of French, also a Motivation Letter is required You should be really motivated to work with kids and teenagers. Previous experience is an asset. All ideas of activities for youngsters, games etc. are welcomed. Please bring some materials, postcards, posters, maps, music, etc. from your country.
Age:
19-50
Location:
Tapa
Language(s):
French
Airport:
TLL: Tallinn (Tallinn-ulemiste International, Estonia)
The purpose of this camp is to make children acquainted with contemporary art trends and tendencies. Masters of such contemporary art styles as hard bass, body art, rap, beat-boxing, tectonics, and C-Valk, break dance, hip hop, drums, shuffle and others are invited to lead the workshops for youngsters. At the end of the week campers will take a trip to the nearby town Vosu where they are going to invite locals and tourists for a party and a disco at the lovely sandy beach of Vosu. As a result, the children are going to give a live performance to demonstrate some newly acquired skills at contemporary music and dance styles. The program includes creating a newspaper making videos, drug and alcohol abuse prevention seminars, flash mobs, meeting the volunteers and the intercultural evening, workshops and master classes. We welcome enthusiastic volunteers enjoying working and communicating with children. Volunteer will be working in the partnership with the professional local educators and youth workers and they are asked to be able to lead an educating workshop on a contemporary style, be prepared for the intercultural evening, which includes national food, dances, songs and introduction of own country, conduct games indoors as well as outdoors, prepare some national games and activities for children.
Accomodation & food:
In the separate house with other staff members in 4-6-bedded rooms. Volunteers will eat together with children and staff in the canteen. Showers, dry toiltets and sauna are available.
Location & leisure:
Vihasoo is lies in the picturesque Lahemaa National Park, 70km from Tallinn.. Surrounded by forest, near to the sea, it is the ideal place for vacations. The nearest town (7km) is Vosu, spa town with about 1000 inhabitants.Leisure timeHiking, swimming, sunbathing, sports, games, excursions to the places of interest in the Lahemaa National Park.
Requirements:
You have to love kids and be really motivated to work with them. The work demands 24-hours commitment and it can be pretty hard sometimes. Weekend is not free Experience in work with children is an advantage. All exciting ideas of activities for kids, games etc are welcome. English and Russian are the camp languages.
Age:
18-99
Location:
Vosu
Language(s):
English
Airport:
TLL: Tallinn (Tallinn-ulemiste International, Estonia)
Activating kids and teenagers, providing cross-cultural learning experience for them as well as English language environment. It will be done through the games, drama, sport activities, excursions, discussions, etc. Volunteers along with local coordinators will be responsible for the whole program of the camp. The work can be pretty hard, involving long working hours some days, requiring high commitment and responsibility for the camp program.Age of kids is 10-15. There is going to be around 50 teenage participants in the camp.
Accomodation & food:
Camp has two buildings with 2-5 bedded rooms. Volunteers will stay in their own room. Beds are provided, but please bring your sleeping bag. Toilets, showers and sauna are available. There is a hall for performances, open air stage, swimming pool, sport facilities for ball games, table tennis, bicycles, etc. Volunteers and participants will have their meals in the local canteen.
Location & leisure:
Camp takes place in Pariisi village, about 100 km from Tallinn the capital of Estonia. Nearest towns are Rakvere (20km) and Tapa (15km). The picturesque area around the camp with many hills, streams, rivers and lakes is very suitable for hikes and bicycle tours. Famous Lahemaa National Park is about 20 km from the camp. More information on www.visitestonia.com, www.lahemaa.ee, www.rakvere.ee Leisure timeThere are a lot of possibilities for leisure time activities: swimming, hiking, sports, horse riding, etc. Excursions to Lahemaa National Park and Rakvere are possible.
Requirements:
The minimum age of volunteers is 19. Good level of English, also a Motivation Letter is required You should be really motivated to work with kids and teenagers. Previous experience is an asset. All ideas of activities for youngsters, games etc. are welcomed. Please bring some materials, postcards, posters, maps, music, games, etc. from your country.
Age:
19-50
Location:
Tapa
Language(s):
English
Airport:
TLL: Tallinn (Tallinn-ulemiste International, Estonia)
Maintenance works in the park and on the territory of institution, preparing and piling up fire woods for heating in winter and other odd jobs outdoors and indoors. Another important task of the camp will be to activate youngsters of Maidla involving them to the practical work and running a leisure time program for them - organizing games and sport activities, introducing volunteers home countries and cultures, providing practice of English language, etc. There will be around 12 young people aged 10 to 17 in Maidla at the time of the camp.
Accomodation & food:
Volunteers will stay in the separate house, which is normally occupied by the eldest children. They will have 2-3 bedded rooms, shower, toilet, washing mashine. Sauna is available as well. Meals will be prepared by volunteers themselves in the instituton s kitchen from the food provided by the institution.
Location & leisure:
Maidla is a really tiny village, which lies 10 km east from Rapla, an administrative centre of the county with 7 000 inhabitants. Distance from Tallinn is about 60 km. Area around has a lot of small rivers and lakes as well as forests with wild life i nice place for hikes, swimming, enjoying nature. More information on www.raplamaa.ee Leisure timeVarious joined activities with Maidla youngsters. Hikes in the forest. Sport activities using institution s facilities. Some excursions and visits to the places of interest in the area. Trip to the seaside in Parnu can be organised. Besides during this time of year, there will be various cultural events in Rapla and neighbour villages, like Marjamaa Folk Festival, which will be possible to attend.
Requirements:
Please bring working clothes and gloves. It would be very helpful if you could bring games, songs popular in your countries, ideas for activities with children, anything you can use for work with kids and teenagers of Maidla. Your previous experience in work with kids is an advantage. English is the camp language.
Age:
18-99
Location:
Rapla
Language(s):
English
Airport:
TLL: Tallinn (Tallinn-ulemiste International, Estonia)
This camp is organized for teenagers by the language school “In Down-Town” and non-profit association “Alternative Language Programs Satellite”. The school’s aim is to introduce the diversity of world cultures to youth and provide them with good practices in multicultural communication by learning-by-doing method – alternative language practice, meetings, visits, direct contacts with young people from abroad in the hope to help young Estonians’ integration into modern world. The main idea of the camp is to provide meaningful summer activities for local youth and youngsters from abroad, particular those who do not speak English but other languages. Therefore the camp has 2 working languages: French and German but not English!
Work:
Activating teenage participants of the school’s summer camp and providing cross-cultural learning experience for them. It will be done through the games popular in the countries you represent, drama, sports, excursions, common discussions, actions for peace and nature protection, etc. Each day of the camp program will have a special theme and related activity. Volunteers along with local coordinator will be responsible for the whole program of the camp. The work can be pretty hard, involving long working hours some days, requiring high commitment and responsibility for the camp program. You will stay with kids 10.00 – 17.00 (1h lunch break included) and spend about another hour to prepare next day activities. NB! Although activities will be run in 2 languages – French and German - volunteers can use English to communicate among themselves. The age of youngsters is 14-17. Besides local kids, up to 10 teenage participants from abroad are expected to join this camp. It is going to be around 20 children in total. Most of local teenagers are Russian-speaking from Russian minority community of Tallinn.
Accommodation:
In the furnished and equipped apartments in the Mustamae residential area of Tallinn, about 20 min by trolleybus to the city centre. Travel cards will be provided. Volunteers will stay in the shared rooms 2-4 in one room. You do NOT need a sleeping bag while staying in the camp. Volunteers will have their breakfasts at the place of accommodation; lunches will be organized for whole camp in the city. Dinners are the subject to communicate with the volunteers; there are several ways to organize them on the volunteers’ wish.
Location:
Camp takes place in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. More information on www.tallinn.ee
Special requirements:
You have to be really motivated to work with teenagers. Experience in work with children is an advantage. Your ideas on activities for kids, games etc. are welcomed. We ask you to bring some materials like postcards or posters and maps, any symbols of your country, music or popular national games etc which are typical for your country or region. We expect active volunteers with the good knowledge of history and culture of their country and ability and wish to present it to others. A good level of French or German is required. The minimum age of volunteers is 20.
NB:
Please add a motivation letter.
Leisure time:
There are a lot of possibilities for leisure time activities as camp will take place in the capital where one can find attractions for any taste:
sightseeing, museums, festivals, concerts, pubs, etc, especially this year for Tallinn is the European Culture Capital 2011. Besides, this camp provides an excellent opportunity to establish contacts with young Estonians and to experience the local life.
Activating kids in the city camp and providing them with cross-cultural learning experience. Volunteers will do it through informal methods of teaching and working in small group techniques. Among the activities to be held by team of volunteers are playing the games and music popular the countries the volunteers represent; training kids to perform pieces of amateur drama; preparing festivals, intellectual and sport games as well as discussions and excursions round the places of interest; actions for peace and nature protection; leading and supporting kids in their work on the team projects within themes like Healthy body, healthy spirit , Good habits , My small home in the big world , War and peace , etc. Volunteers together with a local project coordinator are responsible for the day activities in the camp. The work can be pretty hard, involving long working hours, requiring high commitment and responsibility. You will stay with kids 10.00 i 17.00 and spend another hour to prepare next day activities. In the course of camp there is one day off and at least one day of travel outside Tallinn together with kids. Before the city camp activities start there will be training in camp methodology and preparation. Most of kids are Russian-speaking children from minority group of Tallinn. The total number of kids is 30 to 40. Volunteers will work in pairs facilitating and leading a smaller group of 10 - 12 kids during the day. The camp activities will take place in a learning centre situated in the centre of the city.
Accomodation & food:
In the furnished apartments in the Mustamae residential area of Tallinn, about 15 min by trolley-bus to the city centre. Travel cards will be provided. Volunteers will stay in the shared rooms: 2-4 persons in one room. You do NOT need a sleeping bag. Volunteers will cook and have their breakfasts at the place of accommodation; lunches will be organized for the whole camp in the city.
Location & leisure:
Camp will take place in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Tallinn is the European Capital of Culture 2011. You can get a lot of information on www.tallinn.eeLeisure timeThere are a lot of possibilities for leisure time activities as camp will take place in the capital where one can find attractions for any taste: sightseeing, museums, festivals, concerts, pubs, etc. especially this year since Tallinn is the European Capital of Culture 2011.
Requirements:
You have to be really motivated to work with kids. Experience in work with children is an advantage. Your ideas and actual preparation to do the activities for kids are essential. We ask you to bring some materials like postcards, posters, maps, symbols of your country, music or popular games etc which are typical for your country or region which can be used by you during your country presentation. We expect active volunteers with a good knowledge of history and culture of their country as well as with an ability and wish to present it to others in a creative way. A good level of English is required. The min age of volunteers is 20. Motivation letter is required
Age:
19-99
Location:
Tallinn
Language(s):
English
Airport:
TLL: Tallinn (Tallinn-ulemiste International, Estonia)
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